Digital Economy

Yearning for a book that looks, feels and smells like an ordinary book, but that you can also connect wirelessly to digital devices? Well, your wish may soon come true thanks to a Greek start-up backed by an EU-funded project.

A novel approach combining conventional white light with advanced photonics and optical imaging could help save up to 80 000 lives by helping doctors detect bowel cancer in the early stages.

We featured the BILLON project in the October 2020 issue of Research*eu and learnt about their innovative blockchain technology that allows all Europeans, regardless of age, wealth or nationality to participate in the ever-growing digital economy. Robert Kaluza, e-money CEO of the Billon Group based in the United Kingdom and Poland, fills us in on how far their technology has advanced and their most exciting recent developments.

A hybrid concrete-plastic floating platform and its components have been validated for offshore wind energy use.

How do Europeans expect connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) to affect driving efficiency, road safety, data protection and sustainability? A recent survey has the answers.

How can we make Europe’s SMEs more competitive? An EU-funded project’s second call for proposals is giving innovative SMEs the opportunity to access technologies related to high-performance computing (HPC).

Current forecasting methods underestimate technological progress in energy technologies, predicting higher costs than actually observed, a new study reports.

Scientists have found evidence of clay minerals in the red planet’s Gale crater that indicate the presence of water under conditions that can support life.

This month, we highlight the LINKS project which has just reached its 1-year milestone. Amongst its top achievements have been three comprehensive studies across three core knowledge domains focusing on the social, institutional and technical dimensions of the role of social media and crowdsourcing during disasters. The findings from these studies, freely available, will be applied in the project’s upcoming fieldwork, due to begin in November 2021.

An innovative mobile power flow control system installed in the Bulgarian transmission grid is increasing renewable energy penetration and improving cross-border flows between Bulgaria and Romania.

Concerned by heavy traffic conditions on their residential street, Cardiff citizens have used sensors supplied by an EU-funded project to draw local government attention.

Researchers develop an automated path planning and collision avoidance strategy for drone swarms in Europe’s skies.

An EU-funded project makes it plain: batteries need to live longer than the Internet of things (IoT) devices they power. A position paper published by the project outlines the key actions to power IoT devices reliably and sustainably.

The discovery of a new semimetal’s uncommonly pristine nature lays the groundwork for a new class of quantum materials that could open the way to powerful new quantum technologies.

A bulk cargo carrier was recently the test site for a variety of remote inspection techniques (RITs) that demonstrated how robotics solutions can make for quicker, safer and more efficient ship inspections.

How can work on offshore wind turbines be carried out in bad weather? Combining smart software with robotics maintenance can increase wind farm vessel working hours by 35 %, researchers say.

Digital communication has flourished for many of us during the pandemic. We have accepted, indeed welcomed what may have been novel methods of contact for many of us. So, are we now hungry for the next evolution in digital communications? Is there a virtual reality revolution around the corner? This episode of the CORDIScovery podcast invites you down the rabbit hole into a whole new world of virtual possibilities…

Taking its name from the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, the BEYOND4.0 project has set itself the task of providing research-based advice for policymakers and stakeholders on the impact, challenges and opportunities of rapidly advancing digital technologies in relation to the future of work and welfare.

Addressing inequalities in urban and peri-urban contexts is at the heart of the UPLIFT project. This is particularly relevant as social and economic inequalities have been growing in most wealthy countries in recent decades, even more so since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. With a focus on vulnerable youth, the project aims to develop a Reflexive Policy Agenda through participatory co-creation that will hopefully lead to more flexible, adaptive policies.

Ericsson and Volvo Cars have demonstrated the first successful handover of connected cars between two mobile 5G networks in different countries.